Kaiser Sozé
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Of the two I'd prefer the red, ATB with whichever one you do keep Shane...
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Years ago the otter hounds 'sought' protection for the otter resulting in them being licensed every year to hunt it. Then one year when they went to get the license it was simply revoked leaving them high and dry. Can you imagine the underhanded biased system that would come into play. Terriermen would be refused a license here there and everywhere based on false allegations of this, that and the other. And how would you fight it or how long would it take...1,2,3 years of keeping dogs waiting for a repeal would see anyone off. I'd be very careful of what you wish for. Do you think you could tr
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A tiny percentage of idiots do not represent decent upstanding law abiding respectable terriermen. Be very careful what you wish for... the thing about licences is they can be revoked.
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Good guard dogs, nasty, bad tempered f@ckers. See a lad well ate while trying to retrieve a ball once but can't say I ever saw or heard of one working! Would like to think they were good 'back when'...sure didn't they help create the patterdale!! ???. Still that clip just shows you how much the kennel club can change the look of a breed nevermind it's working ability & all in a relatively short timespan. And they claiming their sole purpose is to preserve breeds??? ???
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Ooops! Lol
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Good clip Eddie ?, nice to see Kerry blues more like the old type! When you think of the powder puffs paraded in the show rings today, owner's spouting off to each other about their terriers courage .... make you cringe!
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Very well said General, maybe it's where we're from, maybe it's the circles we mix in I don't know. But round here we never forget our roots & definitely look after each other. "Money never comes into it"....long may it last!?
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No offence FD but you explained in an earlier post you started with Nuttal lines, then bred off a wheeler dog, only later to breed off Nick Stevens stuff. You sound like you were very careful & thorough testing and culling till you produced the workers you have today. If both terriers are from good lines I fail to see how you differ from what this lad is trying to do....
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One of my youngfellas is thinking about getting into ferreting. I have the old red and green B&F pieps terrier locator is there a ferret collar I can get that my locator will work with? Thanks in advance ?
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IF he's a "Genuine bloke" as vouched for by your pal, whom you trust and his bitch is a good bitch, why wouldn't you give him the service? How did everyone else get on... only through the kindness of others. We're only passing through, it's up to us to safeguard what was trusted to us, that includes giving others the chance to do the same. There's always the chance things might not go according to plan, but that's no reason to keep 'breeding' to yourself. All anyone can do is mix in the right circles (which usually prevents undesirables calling anyway) and when the opportunity arises vet that
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Lovely bitch Caesar!
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Cracking Russell!
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Bottom 2 are crackers Shane..
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So what if you have several sisters working dilly, an average sized bitch is the best worker, a few weaklings (beginning to come through) and a few big/strong bitches. Are you saying believe in the blood and ignore the best and breed off the best of the bigger sisters? When you see these issues arising would you not be better off breeding off the best bitch (obviously providing she's not a weakling which would rarely if ever be the case) with a dog of the same line but enough of an outcross? ie. Stop breeding so tight!
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Theres no hard and fast rules when it comes to line breeding. You work with the cards you're dealt. In an ideal world rules like "only 5 seasoned stud dogs of hard graft" are all well and good but older terriers may need replacing/kennels filling, a young bitch may need to be bred or a younger stud with a mixture of both performance and blood (breeding) may be more suitable. A proven well tested line is hard to come by and easy to lose! I agree 100% with FM and fair play for being open and honest. Needs must!, and if it's well thought out and seems the best way to go with no money involved, wh
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You're right D you can watch and study pups and take your pick accordingly. It's then in the lap of the Gods. What I'm trying to say is a lot of thought, research and work, keeping things tight to a proven well tested line increases your chances of success as opposed to haphazard breeding relying on luck.?
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That's a fair point DE. I had a great dog with mixed blood but good breeding. You couldn't but take a chance and breed him. Bred him several times. Although there's a few pups working there wasn't a high enough percentage per litter. There's no hard and fast rules. It could have clicked. But that's where luck comes into it. I just think to maintain a line, keep it as tight as possible for as long as possible. ?
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The thing about luck, it runs out! To keep a line going you need to know it inside out, the breeding right back, the better individuals with better traits and the ability to pass on those traits. When things are going well keep as tight as possible, all the while thinking ahead and regularly breeding to the baseline but with subtle differences to give you room to continue, so you don't box yourself in. When those slight variations fail, discard and continue with what is working. And when the time comes to recognize it and not be afraid to outcross. If successful, then fold it back into the ori
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According to the science behind it, both dog and bitch contribute equally and its then down to dominant and recessive genes. That said, the general belief round us was the dog needs to be rough and ready and able to kill his fox but the bitch was more important. As to which has a longer bearing is an interesting one....?
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Some foxhound packs here are and have been hunted by not only top class hound men but top class terriermen to boot. Men who know more about breeding, working and digging terriers than most ever will...men you definitely could not call posh!
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Like everything else there's good and bad amongst them. Wether we (including them) like it or not, we all have to try to understand where each other is coming from and the fact that we need to stand together to preserve all our way of lives. In saying that I wouldn't trust or rely on them to protect our interests. Work with everyone but 'watch OUR own house'..jmo
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That Fox terrier was stone mad for foxes. Always remember as kids we were hunting a disused quarry. We were down the base looking up and could see Rogue following a line out onto a ledge, where he put up what must have been a sleeping fox. The fox had nowhere to go except straight off the edge and without any hesitation was closely followed by terrier in hot pursuit. Hard to say but It must have been 30-40m high. Both were dead, except 4-5m tall briars at the base broke their fall..I was damn glad to hear him give tongue up through that cover. Nothing to do with digging but happy days..?
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Had one as a youngfella, he was a gamey cranky fiery fecker. Dug him single handed several times. But he was not tested by any manner or means and doubt he would have come to much..
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Brilliant... spunky little blitter! Straight in no kissing!
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Fine bitch Andy, like the cut of the terrier in the background too ?
